how to honor the family indirectly

It's important to me to honor family members with my kids names, but I am having trouble making it work! I want to use names similar to family names, but not exactly the same. I would love suggestions for what I can use similar to these names.

Honoring family is great, but you've got to love the name. Maybe stick family names in the middle? Personally, I gave my daughter 2 middles- one honoring one of my family members & one for a husband's family member. The first name is all her own, just one we loved!

Also- look to surnames and family occupations, place names of towns/states your family lived in or hailed from, important months, hobbies & values. That way if you can't make your great aunt's first name wearable you could use something like Cambell if it were her maiden name, Summer if she loved warm weather or Tailor if she worked as a seemstress or Magnolia if you remember the trees in her backyard, ect. You might be surprised what you find if you just start writing down words that you associate with these specific family members.